Description
Description: Chinese molded porcelain, polychrome enameled snuff bottle. It is molded in high relief with the motif known as “四妃十六子“, which means “Four concubines and Sixteen sons”, a wish for many sons.
Mark: Well written apocryphal Qianlong red mark. Either the mark on this bottle and that on our bottle C48 has some variations from the official mark, which happens especially for Qianlong mark, as said at pages 50 – 51 of the monumental Gerald Davison’s “Marks on Chinese Ceramics”.
Dating: Early 19th century, most probably Jiaqing.
Material: Polychrome porcelain.
Size: 79 mm high
Stopper: Green jade encased in metal ring with metal spoon
Provenance: Antiquarian market
References: The penultimate picture is showing a 76 mm high bottle sold by Christies with the same motif, but from a different mold, from the Ruth and Carl Barron collection. It is dated 1820 – 1870 by Christies. The last picture is showing a direct comparison of the two bottles, scaled at the same dimensional ratio. The present bottle should be earlier, as particularly evidenced by the better molding of the faces and the type of enamels.
Notes: The same motif is also on our bottle C48 and the b&w Kangxi jar QBW13. About how these bottles were made, see the Notes of snuff bottle C48.
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